Oh Baby

https://www.dailymirror.lk/opinion/Lankas-birth-rates-decline-economy-the-cause/231-286391

England and America are in a flap about “declining birth rates.” Fertility below 2.1, pensions under pressure, headlines shrieking “population crisis!”

It’s not a numbers problem. It’s a racism problem.

There are plenty of people – all kinds of people – who want to stay here, lots who want to leave, lots who want to come here and even more who couldn’t think of anything worse.

Humans have always moved, mixed, and made value wherever they land.

So why are we pissing our pants about imaginary babies not being born here?

Because the panic isn’t about population. It’s about purity. It’s about who gets counted and who doesn’t.

And the British press machine – left, right, tabloid, broadsheet – laps it up.

The Daily Mail pumps out “UK’s baby bust threatens economic survival” alongside “Migrant surge at our borders.”
The Telegraph moans “Declining fertility is Britain’s greatest challenge” while running op-eds demanding tougher deportations.
Even The Guardian, in its cardigan of compassion, frames it as “the need for a baby boom” without ever admitting that the people who already came are the ones keeping the NHS from falling apart.
And the Times? “Britain faces a demographic timebomb” on Monday, “Government must curb asylum abuse” by Wednesday.

Same hysteria, different fonts.

Immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers – the very people demonised as “illegal” – are the ones propping up the system. Hospitals, farms, delivery networks, care homes, kitchens, science labs – you name it, they’re there. And let’s not forget the locals too. We’ve plenty of “indigenous” who don’t contribute a damn thing – the rich, the hoarders, the tax dodgers. Yet somehow the finger never points their way.

Immigration is not the problem. Immigration is the solution.

Every serious study shows migrants put in more than they take out. They add work, wealth, culture, food, music, and innovation. Always have, always will.

The only people who consistently don’t integrate? The Brits and the Yanks abroad. Colonisers who build golf courses, ship over Marmite, stick to their own, and complain the locals don’t speak English properly. That’s not blending in. That’s bulldozing.

So let’s be crystal clear. The “birth rate crisis” is just racism in drag.

There is no shortage of people. There is only a shortage of compassion.

Pay people fairly. Encourage contribution. Treat everyone equally. Sin é.

Oh baby – the birth rate panic isn’t about babies. It’s about borders.

2 responses to “Oh Baby”

  1. Perhaps it’s more about nationalism than racism? The topic itself is really thought-provoking. On one hand, I can understand a government’s wish to preserve its ‘core’ population — its culture, traditions, mentality, and customs — since national identity is something that is passed down through generations. On the other hand, I fully agree that migrant workers often invest even more than those born in a country and do become a real asset. Their rather fragile visa status demands they be exceptional just to remain, yet they still face less security. A difficult balance in today’s world, really!

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    1. thanks for your comment – I think you’ve summed it up! We can debate which it is, but is it not more important to consider how they’re used? The balance could be achieved with the right intentions – it just feels to me like that headlines are shaped to stroke fear rather than embrace the opportunity? If national identity and culture are threatened by immigration, I would wonder in what way and how important they are in the grand scheme? Those who want to preserve those traditions will champion them in any case. If they’re good traditions, they’ll thrive. Are you thinking of any specific examples?

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